Coronary care unit CDK Cyclin-dependent kinase CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age ≥ 75 years (2 points), Diabetes mellitus, Stroke (2 points)-Vascular disease, Age 65-74 years, Sex category (female) CIED Cardiac implantable electronic device CML Chronic myeloid leukaemia CMR Cardiac magnetic resonance COMPASS-CAT Prospective COmparison of Methods for thromboembolic risk assessment with clinical Perceptions and AwareneSS in real-life patients-Cancer Associated Thrombosis CPET Cardiopulmonary exercise testing CrCl Creatinine clearance CRF Cardiorespiratory fitness CRS Cytokine release syndrome CS Cancer survivors CT Computed tomography CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 cTn Cardiac troponin CTRCD Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction CTR-CVT Cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity CV Cardiovascular CVD Cardiovascular disease CVRF Cardiovascular risk factorsData derived from a single randomized clinical trial or large non-randomized studies.Consensus of opinion of the experts and/or small studies, retrospective studies, registries.©ESC 2022 ESC Guidelines © ESC 2022This table refers to anthracycline equivalence dose using doxorubicin as a reference. Note that these isoequivalent doses are derived from paediatric CS. CS, cancer survivors; CV, cardiovascular.a Data for idarubicin are based upon an estimated anticancer efficacy ratio, not derived from cardiotoxicity data. The CV toxicity dose ratio provides the value that should be used to multiply the dose of the anthracycline of interest to convert to isoequivalent doses of doxorubicin; e.g. to convert 125 mg/m 2 of epirubicin to doxorubicin isoequivalent, multiply the dose by 0.8 (125 mg/m 2 × 0.8 = 100 mg/m 2 of doxorubicin).

Background-The prognostic value of natriuretic peptides in aortic stenosis (AS) remains unknown. Methods and Results-B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), N-terminal BNP (NtBNP), and N-terminal atrial natriuretic peptide (NtANP) were determined in 130 patients with severe AS (mean age, 70Ϯ12 years; mean gradient, 64Ϯ21 mm Hg; valve area, 0.64Ϯ0.15 cm 2 ) who were followed up for 377Ϯ150 days. Natriuretic peptides increased with NYHA class and with decreasing ejection fraction (EF). Even asymptomatic patients frequently had elevated neurohormones. Asymptomatic patients who developed symptoms during follow-up had higher BNP and NtBNP levels at entry compared with those remaining asymptomatic (median for NtBNP, 131 pmol/L [interquartile range, 50 to 202 pmol/L] versus 31 pmol/L [range, 19 to 56 pmol/L]; PϽ0.001). Symptom-free survival at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months for patients with NtBNP Ͻ80 versus Ն80 pmol/L was 100%, 88Ϯ7%, 88Ϯ7%, and 69Ϯ13% compared with 92Ϯ8%, 58Ϯ14%, 35Ϯ15%, and 18Ϯ15%, respectively (PϽ0.001). Seventy-nine patients eventually underwent surgery because of symptoms. Considering preoperative neurohormone levels, age, NYHA class, aortic valve area, EF, and presence of coronary artery disease, we found that neurohormones, EF, and NYHA class predicted survival; neurohormones predicted postoperative symptomatic status; and neurohormones and preoperative EF predicted postoperative EF. However, by multivariate analysis, NtBNP was the only independent predictor of outcome. Conclusions-In

Background-We sought to assess the outcome of asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis. Methods and Results-We prospectively followed 116 consecutive asymptomatic patients (57 women; age, 67Ϯ16 years) with very severe isolated aortic stenosis defined by a peak aortic jet velocity (AV-Vel) Ն5.0 m/s (average AV-Vel, 5.37Ϯ0.35 m/s; valve area, 0.63Ϯ0.12 cm 2 ). During a median follow-up of 41 months (interquartile range, 26 to 63 months), 96 events occurred (indication for aortic valve replacement, 90; cardiac deaths, 6). Event-free survival was 64%, 36%, 25%, 12%, and 3% at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 years, respectively. AV-Vel but not aortic valve area was shown to independently affect event-free survival. Patients with an AV-Vel Ն5.5 m/s had an event-free survival of 44%, 25%, 11%, and 4% at 1, 2, 3, and 4 years, respectively, compared with 76%, 43%, 33%, and 17% for patients with an AV-Vel between 5.0 and 5.5 m/s (PϽ0.0001). Six cardiac deaths occurred in previously asymptomatic patients (sudden death, 1; congestive heart failure, 4; myocardial infarction, 1). Patients with an initial AV-Vel Ն5.5 m/s had a higher likelihood (52%) of severe symptom onset (New York Heart Association or Canadian Cardiovascular Society class ϾII) than those with an AV-Vel between 5.0 and 5.5 m/s (27%; Pϭ0.03). Conclusions-Despite being asymptomatic, patients with very severe aortic stenosis have a poor prognosis with a high event rate and a risk of rapid functional deterioration. Early elective valve replacement surgery should therefore be considered in these patients. (Circulation. 2010;121:151-156.)

Rationale The ACCRUE (Meta-Analysis of Cell-based CaRdiac stUdiEs) is the first prospectively declared collaborative multinational database including individual data of patients (IPD) with ischemic heart disease treated with cell therapy. Objective We analyzed the safety and efficacy of intracoronary cell therapy after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) including IPDs from 12 randomized trials (ASTAMI, Aalst, BOOST, BONAMI, CADUCEUS, FINCELL, REGENT, REPAIR-AMI, SCAMI, SWISS-AMI, TIME, LATE-TIME; n=1252). Methods and Results The primary endpoint was freedom from combined major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE; including all-cause death, re-AMI, stroke, and target vessel revascularization). The secondary endpoint was freedom from hard clinical endpoints (death, re-AMI, or stroke), assessed with random-effects meta-analyses and Cox regressions for interactions. Secondary efficacy endpoints included changes in end-diastolic volume (ΔEDV), end-systolic volume (ΔESV), and ejection fraction (ΔEF), analyzed with random-effects meta-analyses and analysis of covariance. We reported weighted mean differences between cell therapy and control groups. No effect of cell therapy on MACCE (14.0% vs. 16.3%, hazard ratio 0.86, 95%CI: 0.63;1.18) or death (1.4% vs 2.1%) or death/re-AMI/stroke (2.9% vs 4.7%) was identified in comparison to controls. No change in ΔEF (mean difference: 0.96%, 95%CI: −0.2;2.1), ΔEDV, or ΔESV was observed compared to controls. These results were not influenced by anterior AMI location, reduced baseline EF, or the use of MRI for assessing left ventricular parameters. Conclusions This meta-analysis of IPD from randomized trials in patients with recent AMI revealed that intracoronary cell therapy provided no benefit, in terms of clinical events or changes in left ventricular function.

Serum biomarkers are an important tool in the baseline risk assessment and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in cancer patients receiving cardiotoxic cancer treatments. Increases in cardiac biomarkers including cardiac troponin and natriuretic peptides can be used to guide initiation of cardioprotective treatments for cancer patients during treatment and to monitor the response to cardioprotective treatments, and they also offer prognostic value. This position statement examines the role of cardiac biomarkers in the management of cancer patients. The Cardio‐Oncology Study Group of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in collaboration with the Cardio‐Oncology Council of the ESC have evaluated the current evidence for the role of cardiovascular biomarkers in cancer patients before, during and after cardiotoxic cancer therapies. The characteristics of the main two biomarkers troponin and natriuretic peptides are discussed, the link to the mechanisms of cardiovascular toxicity, and the evidence for their clinical use in surveillance during and after anthracycline chemotherapy, trastuzumab and HER2‐targeted therapies, vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors, proteasome inhibitors, immune checkpoint inhibitors, cyclophosphamide and radiotherapy. Novel surveillance clinical pathways integrating cardiac biomarkers for cancer patients receiving anthracycline chemotherapy or trastuzumab biomarkers are presented and future direction in cardio‐oncology biomarker research is discussed.